This is an open invitation for all educators in Saskatchewan high schools and universities to join an informal organization known as the Knowledge and Education Exchange Network (KEEN).

KEEN was formed in 2002 and is currently a small group of educators and researchers from diverse disciplines such as Biology, Chemistry, English, Mathematics and Physics. Initially, the group got together to see if there was enough interest and a need for a group such as KEEN. The results so far have been quite encouraging. KEEN members benefit from interacting with their counterparts and getting to know professionals in disciplines other than their own.

KEEN has been organizing some workshops and symposia over the last two years. The workshops bring educators together where they discuss discipline-specific educational topics of mutual interest. The symposia are meant to showcase all disciplines to young students and to motivate them to identify themselves the subjects of their interest and pursue them.

To date, KEEN has been meeting at the U of S faculty club over coffee, snacks or a drink. KEEN intends to organize into various subgroups of cognate disciplines to maximize the interaction among the individual disciplines. Each subgroup will set its own format, venue, times etc., mainly intended to be informal discussion groups. The entire group of KEEN members will meet quarterly or semiannually.

Want to be a member of KEEN? KEEN members:

• love the subject of their specialty,
• are educators, advisors or involved in promoting education, or
• are researchers and would like to share their enthusiasm with others,
• consider their counterparts as peers.

If you answered .yes. to the above statements, then KEEN is for you!

If you are interested in getting involved and/or you need more details, please contact Chary at 966-6412 (work) and 653-2548 (home).

Upcoming events on campus:

Nobel Symposium 2006 -- December 19, 2006